Competition disputes

We advise a wide range of businesses on a variety of contentious commercial issues from a competition law perspective.

This might range from defending restrictions contained in a commercial agreement that a client wishes to enforce, to challenging suspected anti-competitive arrangements or conduct on behalf of clients that have suffered harm as a result.

Using competition law, we help clients achieve satisfactory negotiated solutions; we also advise on private damages claims for those who have suffered losses as a result of breaches of competition law.

These claims may follow the infringement decisions by competition authorities, sometimes referred to as 'follow-on' actions. They may also comprise 'stand alone' claims which are not based on an existing authority decision.

We also advise clients - from a judicial review perspective – with regard to challenging competition authority decisions.

Experience

• Advising one of the UK's largest bathroom fittings suppliers in connection with CMA correspondence and associated advice following the CMA's investigation into other sector players.
• Representing a leading Financial Services group before the CMA in connection with a Chapter I / Article 101 competition investigation concerning most favoured nation clauses.
• Advising a FTSE 250 retailer on a competition dispute with a dominant supplier of high-end consumer goods that failed to disclose the qualitative standards it uses in the selection of distribution partners, thereby denying our client the opportunity to become an authorised distributor/retailer.